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A rooster, also called a ***** or chanticleer is a male chicken (Gallus gallus), the female being called a hen. They do not have a dominant foot. Immature male chickens of less than a year's age are called cockerels. The oldest term is "*****", from Old English coc. It is... Read More

A rooster, also called a ***** or chanticleer is a male chicken (Gallus gallus), the female being called a hen. They do not have a dominant foot. Immature male chickens of less than a year's age are called cockerels. The oldest term is "*****", from Old English coc. It is sometimes replaced by the term "cockerel" (which properly refers to a young male chicken) in the United Kingdom, and almost always by "rooster" (a relative neologism) in North America and Australia. "*****" is in general use as the name for a male of other species of bird, for example "***** sparrow". See Less